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Ponting labels Joe Root's suggestion to extend play as 'ridiculous'

“It doesn’t get dark here in England until 10 pm in the summer, why can’t we just play until we bowl the overs?” asked Root during the Manchester Test

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Ricky Ponting. Pic/AFP

Ricky Ponting. Pic/AFP

Australia legend Ricky Ponting has labelled as "ridiculous" suggestions by former England captain Joe Root to help combat bad weather and slow over-rates by extending Test sessions into the evening.

"That's a ridiculous thing to say," said Ponting adding that it is not within the current laws of cricket.

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